All lay down synonyms
lay down
L l verb lay down
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- bet β If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
- lie down β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- pull back β the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- judge β Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- stipulate β to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- flat β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- leave behind β fail to bring
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- dictate β If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- specify β to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- define β to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
- lounge β to pass time idly and indolently.
- sprawl β to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- loll β to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.
- copy β If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
- log β Mathematics. logarithm.
- register β a list or record of such acts, events, etc.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- file β a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- report β an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- post β power-on self-test
- document β a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- videotape β magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- lie down β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- fall back β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- backtrack β If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- retire β a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- back down β If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- go back β return
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- back off β If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
- reel β a lively Scottish dance.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- pull out β to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- resolve β to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.